The second half gets underway today, and Paul Maholm will look to continue a nice stretch of outings. Someone in the comments – sorry for the lack of a name – recently compared the next few week stretch to the playoffs, as far as the Cubs are concerned. Every game matters a great deal for trade purposes, and especially those games started by Maholm, Ryan Dempster, and Matt Garza.
Game Info
Arizona Diamondbacks (42-43) at Chicago Cubs (33-52), 1:20pm CT on CSN.
Game Thread and Series Preview
The Game Thread lives here. You should participate in the madness. And, of course, for those who aren’t into message board-style game threads, please feel free to use the comments on this post for your in-game commentary/outbursts.
The Series Preview for this series lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Ian Kennedy (6-7, 4.26 ERA, 3.58 FIP)
versus
Paul Maholm (6-6, 4.57 ERA, 4.51 FIP)
Arizona Diamondbacks Lineup
1. Willie Bloomquist, 3B
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Justin Upton, RF
4. Jason Kubel, LF
5. Paul Goldschmidt, 1B
6. Miguel Montero, C
7. Chris Young, CF
8. Stephen Drew, SS
9. Ian Kennedy, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. David DeJesus, CF
2. Starlin Castro, SS
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Bryan LaHair, RF
6. Geovany Soto, C
7. Darwin Barney, 2B
8. Luis Valbuena, 3B
9. Paul Maholm, P